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JBC to hold off search for new CJ until final Supreme Court ruling on quo warranto petition vs Sereno
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council will wait for the final ruling on the quo warranto petition filed against Maria Lourdes Sereno before it proceeds with the search for a new Chief Justice. This was confirmed by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, an ex-officio member of the JBC. Voting 8-6, the Supreme Court granted the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida against Sereno, thereby nullifying her appointment as chief magistrate. In making the decision, the […]
Philippines takes home top two awards at Embassy Chef Challenge 2018 in Washington DC
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) – Chef Abie Sincioco-Mateo’s name was called not once but twice and not for second or third but for first place for the two most coveted awards sought out by more than two dozen international chefs competing in the Embassy Chef Challenge 2018 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the U.S. Capital. Sincioco-Mateo along with Chef Jessie C. Sincioco accepted the Judge’s Choice Award and the People’s […]
Videographics: Details of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
https://youtu.be/e1H8hUZL9vE The wedding of Prince Harry and the American former actress Meghan Markle will take place on May 19 at Windsor Castle, 30 km west of London. The ceremony is due to start at 12 noon at St George’s Chapel. The Archbishop of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Church, will officiate as the couple make their wedding vows. The Chapel will be decorated with white roses, peonies and branches of beech and birch from […]
All Chilean bishops quit over child abuse scandal: spokesman
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Thirty-four Chilean bishops announced their resignation Friday over a child sex abuse scandal within the Church in Chile after three days of intense meetings with Pope Francis at the Vatican. “We, all the bishops present in Rome, have tendered our resignation to the Holy Father so that he may decide freely for each of us,” the bishops said in a statement read out by a spokesman at the Vatican. “We […]
Prince Charles to walk Meghan down aisle after dad drops out
by Edouard Guihaire Agence France Presse WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prince Charles will be the one to walk Meghan Markle down the aisle when she marries his son Prince Harry, palace officials said Friday as final preparations were under way on the eve of the royal wedding. The bride had initially hoped her father Thomas Markle would take on the role, but confirmed Thursday he would not attend as he is recovering from […]
PNP releases mid-year bonus for almost 190,000 policemen
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police has released the mid-year bonus for almost 190,000 policemen. According to PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, P6 billion have been credited to the automated teller machines of 189,263 members of the police force. According to Albayalde, the bonus of each policeman was equivalent to a month’s salary. He said those entitled to the bonus were those who have rendered at least four months of service from July […]
25 people dead due to Ebola in DR Congo as disease spreads
The number of suspected, probable and confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 45, with 25 people dead, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic, who gave the figures to reporters in Geneva, said that 14 of the cases had been confirmed as the deadly Ebola virus following laboratory tests. This came about after WHO warned Friday that the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the […]
DOF chief economist: Funding for several programs will be affected if TRAIN law implementation is suspended
(Eagle News) – Funding for some programs will be “in peril” if the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law is suspended. This is according to Finance Undersecretary and chief economist, Gil Beltran, who made the comment following proposals to suspend the same due to a supposed spike in the rate of inflation, reportedly the fastest in more than 5 years. According to Beltran, in particular, the government expenditures for 2018 on […]
DZEC Radyo Agila, tinanghal bilang “Radio Station of the Year” ng Rotary Club of Manila
(Eagle News) — Tinanghal bilang Radio Station of the Year ang DZEC Radyo Agila ng Rotary Club Manila Journalism Awards 2018. Tinanggap ni Laila Tumanan, station manager ng Radyo Agila, ang naturang pagkilala . Kinilala ng Rotary Club of Manila ang outstanding contribution ng DZEC Radyo Agila sa tri-media. Bukod sa DZEC Radyo Agila ay tumanggap din ng parangal ang ilang personalidad sa himpilan ng radyo at telebisyon maging sa mga pahayagan. Ipinagpasalamat naman ng […]
Bilyun-bilyong piso, nasasayang dahil sa mga sablay na housing units
(Eagle News) — Hindi nababawasan ang problema ng bansa sa mga pabahay para sa mga calamity victims dahil sa mga sablay na pagkakagawa ng mga nasabing housing units. Ayon kay Senador Jv Ejercito, Chairman ng Senate Housing Committee, nakalulungkot dahil bilyun-bilyong piso ang nasasayang na pondo na inilaan para sa mga housing units pero hindi naman tumatagal ang mga naninirahan doon sanhi ng lokasyon at kulang-kulang na mga pasilidad. Hindi rin isinasantabi ni Ejercito na […]
Bello orders POEA to issue guidelines for “processing, deployment of domestic workers” to Kuwait
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III has ordered the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to issue guidelines for the “processing and deployment of domestic workers” to Kuwait. Bello’s directive was contained in Administrative Order No. 254-A issued on Thursday, May 17. The order was issued on the same day Bello announced the total lifting of the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to the Gulf state, following the signing of a memorandum […]
